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4/18/2007 Echo Chamber

Tonight the Echo Chamber presented the annual Word Beat I Powa dub poetry, beat poetry, and spoken word special. Of course, it was dub poetry that set the foundation of the show. Among the dub poets featured were Oku Onoura, Mutabaruka, Royal African Soldiers, Jean Binta Breeze, Benjamin Zephaniah, and of course, the incomparable Linton Kwesi Johnson. Also, a special appearance by KFAI's own poet laureate, e.g.bailey...

Playlist Tracks:

Artist

Title

Album

Label

Duration

Jean Binta Breeze

Aid Travels With a Bomb

Word Sound 'Ave Power

Heartbeat

0

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Reality Poem + Reality Dub

Independant Intravenshen

Island

0

Oliver Smith

Signs of the Times

Word Sound 'Ave Pow

Heartbeat

0

Oku Onoura

Cumin Dub

Dubbin' Away

ROIR

0

Royal African Soldiers

Jamaican Food

Run Away Slaves

self-produced

0

Tomlin Ellis

Drop It

Word Sound 'Ave Power

Heartbeat

0

Glenville Bryan

Blood Shout

Word Sound 'Ave Power

Heartbeat

0

Back to Base (w/ Benjamin Zephaniah)

The President Is Dead Again

Heading For the Door

MPRecords

0

Malachi Smith

Cussing the President

Word Sound 'Ave Power

Heartbeat

0

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Iron Bar Dub

Independant Intravenshen

Island

0

Tomlin Ellis

Illusion

Word Sound 'Ave Power

Heartbeat

0

Dr. Echo Solange St. Croix

Our Relationship

Echo Evahlastin'

Annica

0

Cool Hipnoise (w/ Last Poets)

C'mon Family

Trust.Belief.Love.Respect

Echo Beach

0

Jack Kerouac (w/ Zoot Sims)

The Last Hotel + Some Dharma

Blues and Haikus

Rhino/WordBeat.

0

King Stitt the Insteps

The Goat

Eleven Steps to Power

Stubborn

0

e.g. bailey

Osiris (poem)

N/A

N/A

0

Automaton

Asiyah Dub [background for poem above]

Dub Terror Exhaust

Strata

0

Mutabaruka

Dubbing Yu Memory + Blacks in Dub

Muta In Dub

Blackheart

0

The Fire This TIme (w/ Assata Shakur)

Reluctant Warrior

Still Dancing On John Wayne's Head

Extreme Dub

0

Roots Control (w/ Lillian Allen)

Poetry

Wordsound I Powa - Live from Planet Crooklyn

Wordsound

0

Brooklyn Funk Essentials (w/ Everton Sylvester)

Dilly Dally

Cool And Steady And Easy

Dorado

0

Solar Moon/JEN

Inside Out

Guestbook

CKP Records

0

Jah Wobble (w/ Ronnie Drew)

London Rain

Celtic Poets

30 Hertz

0

e.g. bailey

Afrika (poem)

N/A

N/A

0

Automaton

The Terran Invasion Of Alpha Centauri Year 2794 [background for poem above]

Dub Terror Exhaust

Strata

0

e.g. bailey

Never Here (poem)

N/A

N/A

0

Abassi All Stars

Black Red Dub

Dub Showcase [background for poem above]

Universal Egg

0

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Sonny's Lettah (poem)

N/A

LKJ

0

Automaton

The Terran Invasion Of Alpha Centauri Year 2794 [background for poem above]